Seasick at Spithead

Hello from the Outer Hebrides! Let's see how my iPhone copes with posting from the uttermost west.

Well the shipping forecast was right last Friday. The crossing went from calm to moderate to rough. Daughter went an amazing shade of green that would have impressed even Horatio, but she survived.

This was the calm to moderate bit...

An hour later, we hit the rough bit :}

On Saturday we went to a gala day at one of the beaches. The weather was wild but we had fun regardless. Sister and niece spent most of the afternoon spinning around in speedboats, but after the previous day's crossing I politely declined. I prefer my maritime adventures in print!

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Archaeology and Tortoises

Weather up here in the Hebrides is still patchy, but if you wait for the weather to improve before doing anything, you would never get anywhere! So today we went for a spin to see some archaeology. The prehistoric archaeology up here is great, most of it is big enough to climb on. I'll post some more pics when I get back but here's a couple in the meantime.

Callanish Stones

Dun Carloway Broch

In other news, I have met a very distinguished tortoise called Victor, who lives across the road from my sister. He looks just like a miniature dinosaur!

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